Improvement in the manufacture of bitters and sauce bottle tubes



1. B. LYON.

Manufacture of Bitters and Sauce-Bottle Tubes.

No. 133,947. Patented Dec.17, 1872.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES B. LYON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

' IMPROVEMENT [N THE MANUFACTURE OF BITTERS AND SAUCE BOTTLE TUBES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,947, dated December 17, 18752.

To all whom it nay concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAnEs B. LYON, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and f State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bitters and Sauce Bottle Tubes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying-drawing forming a part of this specitication, in whichtle tubes by pressing and grinding, in the manner hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art' to make and use my invention I will describe its con struction.

Heretofore tubes for bitters and sauce bottles have been made of metal or porcelain.

The tube 6 is formed in a drop-mold of suitable shape, in which it is pressed by a long tapering plunger, which makes'the opening I). This plunger does not project entirely through the whole length of the tube, so that after it has been pressed it is necessary to grind the end ofl' slightly to make the opening, as at x. The shoulder c is formed by a removable ring or collar of corresponding shape set in the mouth of the mold. After the tube has been finished in the usual way it is fitted with the cork cl, made for that purpose.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The method of manufacturing pressed-glass hitters and sauce bottle tubes by forcing a plunger'nearly through the molten glass while inclosed in the mold, and subsequently, after finishing, grinding off the film that covers the end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I, the said JAMES B. LYON, have hereunto set my hand.

, JAMES B. LYON.

Witnesses:

E. T. OAssrnY, JOSEPH H. STAVELY. 

